As we had expected, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is achieving the same level of acclaim as its predecessor, and will probably go down in history as one of the best video games to ever come out, but some skeptics are continuing their unrelenting campaign against the Nintendo Switch sequel on social media.
With a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100 based on more than 80 reviews (as of writing this piece), there’s no doubt that Tears of the Kingdom has been worth the wait and then some. The game’s massive open world and seemingly endless gameplay mechanics, in particular, are receiving a ton of praise, but scrolling through social media, you can’t help but come across a slew of players who aren’t sold on the idea of expending $70 on a game that more than anything seems like an expansion of Breath of the Wild, rather than a revolutionary next step.
For one thing, the naysayers really seem to have a problem with the fact that Tears of the Kingdom basically has the same map as Breath of the Wild.
We’d probably agree with that sentiment, were it not for Tears of the Kingdom‘s numerous unique dungeons areas. That’s not all the caveats being brought up on Twitter, however, and it seems that Nintendo’s questionable attitude toward streamers and content creators recently is also fanning the flames.
In fairness, the two games look pretty similar, but then, Nintendo never shied away from that little fact or misled players during the marketing campaign.
Tears of the Kingdom is obviously not a perfect game, but going by the overwhelming consensus that has taken the gaming media by storm, I believe the game more than justifies its status as a sequel, even if it does happen to resurrect the 2017 game map in all but minuscule details.